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Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: There has been plenty of opportunity for debate.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Quinn, without interruption.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Mary Ann O'Brien is speaking.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Thomas Byrne to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is not a point of order. Senator O'Donnell is the next speaker on the list.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I now call Senator Ó Clochartaigh. I apologise, but we cannot take contributions from Senators Walsh, Barrett and Ó Domhnaill as we are out of time.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Any amendment to the Order of Business must come from the Leader.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Ó Clochartaigh, without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support Senator O'Brien's proposal to deal with motion No. 9 today. It has been widely reported that the report of the independent review group on child deaths will be published later today. I greet this report with profound sadness and with a sense of responsibility and shame I bear as a member of a society that has systemically failed to protect our most vulnerable children. I commend...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister back to the House and the Bill before the House. It is five years since the publication of the Law Reform Commission's report in 2007. My understanding is that this country is the only remaining jurisdiction in the European Union and one of the very few in the Council of Europe area without a spent convictions scheme for adult offenders. That is regrettable given the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister and my colleagues. This debate has been useful and I agree we cannot give a definition for all reasonable excuses. In moving the amendment, I knew it was not necessarily in the right place but I believed it was important to lay down a marker on the issue. I have a problem that there is a difference between the Children First guidelines and the Bill. The guidelines...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I recall that we had a debate on the issue on Second Stage so I will not repeat what I said then. I agree with Senator Bradford that the caveat could mean the public would not be fully informed of the intentions of the Bill. That reinforces the need for a clear information campaign. When the Bill passes through the Houses we must clearly inform the public so that there is no ambiguity on...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, subsection (1), between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: " "reasonable excuse" shall include for the purposes of this Act consensual, non-exploitative sexual activity where there is an age difference of not greater than two years between the parties;". I welcome the Minister back to the House. I also take the opportunity to welcome his decision to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I agree with Senator Bacik's proposal for a debate on the future of the Seanad in light of the announcement concerning the constitutional convention. I also send my best wishes to those sitting the junior and leaving certificate examinations. I would not swap places with them but I wish them the very best, having dropped my nephew to his first exam today. I warmly welcome the announcement by...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to give us a date for publishing the consultation document? On 24 May, we raised the Government's arm's length policy on our cultural institutions which are being eroded. I am a keen family historian and on 1 June a notice appeared on the National Archives' website stating that its genealogy service has been temporarily suspended and...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I formally second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Mac Conghail. I come to the issue from a different perspective than Senator Mac Conghail. I am very interested in family history and my ancestry and I have done extensive work on it. I have had the pleasure of directly using the services of the National Archives and the National Library of Ireland....

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Three amendments have been tabled, all of which have been ruled out of order as they are outside the scope of the Bill.